On Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m. the Center Theatre is partnering with the Maine Parent Federation and Living Innovations to air a free screening of the film “Intelligent Lives.”

University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County 4-H is offering the Piscataquis Passport Project again this summer. Enrollment forms are available Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through June 3 at UMaine Extension, 165 East Main Street. Sign up opportunities also will be available at community events.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)/Miosac Club met April 2 at Thayer Parkway. Diane and David Leighton presented an interesting program of their trip to Nashville and all the sights they saw, including Willie Nelson’s Road House, the Wall of Fame, car museum, Elvis’ car, the Parthenon and the “Smokey the and the Bandit” car and many more. Diane rode in Daisy Duke’s car.

A variety of Easter egg-themed activities for children of all ages will be offered from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at The Commons at Central Hall in Dover-Foxcroft.

The Brownville Free Public Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It,” a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the library. This program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Maine Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State Library. The series “Detective Fiction in the 20th Century: A Notion of Evil” begins April 16 at the library and continues every two weeks for five sessions through June 11.

On Saturday, March 30 the Penquis Cruizers held the group’s annual Cabin Fever Reliever at the home of Fred and Susan Worcester in Williamsburg, this is one of the group's annual events. This year there was discussion about how to recognize the organization's 30 years of bringing auto enthusiasts in the area -- and outside our area -- together to enjoy their love of everything automobile.

Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) has opened registration for the second session in its popular Families in the Outdoors series, Rocks, Gems & Dirt! This event will take place at the Law Farm in Dover-Foxcroft from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, April 18.

Coming to the Milo Free Public Library Wednesday, April 17 from 6-7 p.m. Ed Rice former journalist, college instructor and author of “Baseball’s First Indian” published in 2003 is coming to discuss the legacies of Louis Sockalexis, the first known Native American to play professional baseball. The talk is in support of a special project to raise awareness about why this largely forgotten Maine historical figure is worthy of such respect

The library will be hosting free digital literacy classes beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24. The first class will be an introduction to social media. These classes are designed to help you grow your computer and digital literacy skills. Please call 876-4547 for more information.

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) is calling all artists! The PCSWCD is holding a poster contest for its children’s garden at the Law Farm.

After what seems like an endless winter, we can’t wait to celebrate spring -- a hopeful new season. And celebrating is a recurring theme this April at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft.

Yoga instructor and Pine Tree Hospice volunteer Gayle Worden RYT, is offering free Yoga Nidra sessions for both professional and family caregivers in the community and for PTH volunteers as well. The sessions are about 45 minutes in length and are held at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church on West Main Street The next session is at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 13.

Beatles for Sale, a top-rated New England Beatles tribute band, has announced they will perform at the Center Theatre at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 13.

Please join your neighbors at the upcoming free screening of the documentary “RESILIENCE” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 7 at the Center Theatre. This film chronicles the research about the impact of toxic stress upon childhood development, and offers exciting new ways in which we all can work to promote resilience in all of our children – including our very youngest.

The Center Theatre is accepting registrations for the 2019 April vacation Theater Camp. The camp will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday April 15 through Friday, April 19 and will meet at The Commons Event Center at Central Hall.

Photo courtesy of Abbott Memorial LibraryHARRY THE LION — Alicia Millette holds a paper mache lion that was created in the Abbott Memorial Library’s Maker Space.

On Friday April 5 Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) will hold its next public discussion, the topic of which will be “Humanity’s Phase Shift.” Faced with rising environmental, social, economic and political problems across the planet, human beings are recognizing that the old governing systems based on competition and rivalry which have produced remarkable results for our species in the past are no longer workable as we approach 8 billion of us.

SoupStock 2019 will be held Saturday, April 6 as a fundraising event to benefit the food cupboard at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sangerville and Dover-Foxcroft. Patterned after Empty Bowls, an international project to fight hunger and personalized by artists and art organizations on a community level, SoupStock has involved the creation and decoration of over 200 bowls made from clay.